Beschreibung:
Foreword / Robert Sussman -- Part I. Cheirogaleidae : evolution, taxonomy, and genetics. 1. Cheirogaleid diversity and evolution : big questions about small primates / Anne D. Yoder, David W. Weisrock, Rodin M. Rasoloarison, and Peter M. Kappeler ; 2. The taxonomy of Cheirogaleidae : an ever-expanding species list / Colin Groves ; 3. Mitogenomics of the family Cheirogaleidae and relationships to taxonomy and biogeography in Madagascar / Edward E. Louis Jr. and Runhua Lei ; 4. Why cheirogaleids are bad models for primate ancestors : a phylogenetic reconstruction / Curswan A. Andrews, Hajarimanitra Rambeloarivony, Fabien Gâenin, and Judith C. Masters ; 5. Contact zones and species sympatry in dwarf lemurs (genus Cheirogaleus) : the roles of ecological adaptation and sexual selection / James P. Herrera, Tongasoa Lydia, and Patricia C. Wright -- Part II. Methods for studying captive and wild cheirogaleids. 6. How to anesthetize mouse lemurs / Sabine B.R. Kèastner, Julia Tèunsmeyer, and Alexandra F. Schèutter ; 7. Microcebus murinus - a unique primate for modeling human brain disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy / Jean-Michel Verdier and Nadine Mestre-Francâes ; 8. Life history variation in mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus, M. lehilahytsara) : the effect of environmental and phylogenetic determinants / Elke Zimmermann, Ute Radespiel, Nadine Mestre-Francâes, and Jean-Michel Verdier ; 9. The effects of the lunar cycle, temperature, and rainfall on the trapping success of wild brown mouse lemurs (Microcebus rufus) in Ranomafana National Park, southeastern Madagascar / Anja M. Deppe, Andrea Baden, and Patricia C. Wright ; 10. Tiny samples from tiny lemurs : methodological considerations for endoparasite analyses in mouse lemurs / Sharon E. Kessler, Ute Radespiel, Kathrin S. Schaber, and Christina Strube ; 11. A review of ectoparasites in the Cheirogaleidae / Sarah Zohdy and Lance A. Durden -- Part III. Cheirogaleidae : behavior and ecology. 12. Morphology, behaviour, ranging patterns and habitat use of the northern giant mouse lemur Mirza zaza in Sahamalaza, northwestern Madagascar / E. Johanna Rode-Margono, Christoph Schwitzer, and K. Anne-Isola Nekaris ; 13. Living in riverine and xeric forests : Microcebus griseorufus at Beza Mahafaly, southwestern Madagascar / Emilienne Rasoazanabary and Laurie R. Godfrey ; 14. Determinants of isotopic variation in two sympatric mouse lemur species from northwestern Madagascar / Laura Heck, Brooke Crowley, Sandra Thorâen, and Ute Radespiel ; 15. Your food, my food : patterns of resource use in two sympatric mouse lemur species / Sandra Thorâen, Kate F. Carstens, Doreen Schwochow, and Ute Radespiel ; 16. The physiology of phyletic dwarfism in Cheirogaleidae / Fabien Gâenin and Judith C. Masters ; 17. Possible causes and consequences of different hibernation patterns in Cheirogaleus species - Mitovy fatsy sahala / Kathrin H. Dausmann and Marina B. Blanco -- Part IV. Cheirogaleidae : sensory ecology, communication, and cognition. 18. Seed dispersal by mouse lemurs : do Microcebus represent a unique frugivorous guild? / Kim Valenta and Shawn M. Lehman ; 19. Predation in the dark : antipredator strategies of Cheirogaleidae and other nocturnal primates / Claudia Fichtel ; 20. The gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) : a novel cognitive primate brain aging model / Jean-Luc Picq ; 21. Acoustic divergence in communication of cheirogaleids with special emphasis to mouse lemurs / Elke Zimmermann ; 22. Modeling the origins of primate sociality : social flexibility and kinship in mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) / Sharon E. Kessler, Ute Radespiel, Leanne T. Nash, and Elke Zimmermann -- Part V. Cheirogaleidae : conservation biogeography. 23. Ecological niche modeling of mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) and its implications for their species diversity and biogeography / Jason M. Kamilar, Marina B. Blanco, and Kathleen M. Muldoon ; 24. Edge effects on tree dendrometrics, abiotics, and mouse lemur densities in western dry forests in Madagascar / Shawn M. Lehman ; 25. Factors determining Microcebus abundance in a fragmented landscape in Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar / Travis S. Steffens and Shawn M. Lehman ; 26. Can behavioral ecology help to understand the divergent geographic range sizes of mouse lemurs? / Ute Radespiel ; 27. Conservation biology of the Cheirogaleidae : future research directions / Shawn M. Lehman, Ute Radespiel, and Elke Zimmermann